Game #3526
Aston Villa
9-11-5, 29 PTS
Wednesday, 7 March 1979
Won
8th (+3)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
Division One
Bolton Wanderers
7-6-13, 20 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 28,053
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0
Bolton Wanderers
Assist(s) | John Gidman | 17' | Andy Gray | 30' |
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 7 March 1979
⚽ | 17’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by John Gidman
⚽ | 30’ Goal, 2-0, Kenny Swain, Assist by Andy Gray
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 3-0, Own Goal, Paul Jones
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Bolton Wanderers
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, John Deehan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Bolton Wanderers
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 7 March 1979
As one returns - midfielder Alex Cropley 🏴 after 15 months out with a double leg fracture inflicted by referee Jim Bent and West Bromwich Albion - another drops out - midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴 - but Villa overcome more injury woe with a convincing win over Bolton.
Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴 hits his ⚽ first goal since his injury and operation in October and despite an overly fussy referee Villa walk off with the points in a game that could easily have ended in double figures but for Bolton ‘keeper McDonough.
It's successive wins for Villa to go 🕒 nine games unbeaten in the league with 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 eleven draws and 🟥 five defeats in 🕒 twenty five division one games this season.
Right back John Gidman 🏴 contributes his 🔥 30th assist s in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 221st appearance at a goal involvement rate of one every 6.14 games.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 makes his 🕒 250th start in a Villa shirt.
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Bolton Wanderers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #244 |
Wednesday, 7 March 1979
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🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴 | Southgate, 1974-1985
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 244 | 🟩 | 111 🟨 | 67 🟥 66 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴 | Southgate, 1974-1985 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Whistle happy, "incessant hold ups did nothing to aid the cause of flowing football".
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 11 March 1978, Villa 1-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.
Cards: None
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Alex Cropley makes his first start played since breaking his leg 15 months previously in place of Dennis Mortimer.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.72 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 31.09 |
Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 18.23 |
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 🔥 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Ian Greaves | 🏴 |
Bolton Wanderers
GK Seamus McDonagh | 🇮🇪 |
RB Peter Nicholson | 🏴 |
CB Paul Jones | 🏴 |
CB Mike Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
LB David Burke | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Tony Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴 |
M Roy Greaves | 🏴 |
W Willie Morgan | 🏴 |
F Frank Worthington | 🏴 |
CF Alan Gowling | 🏴 |
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F John Deehan | 🏴 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 46' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB David Burke | 🏴 | (CF Neil Whatmore | 🏴 |)
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF John Deehan | 🏴 | | 120 | 5 | 45 | 11 | 51 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/12
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park